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UNIT 6 HOMEWORK
DUE 27MARCH 2015 (FRIDAY)
1. Read Chapters 18 and 19 in your textbook (pages 600 - 665)
2. Complete the definitions crossword. (14 pts).
3. Answer Standardized Test Practice Questions on page 631 (2 pts).
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4. Answer the Standardized Test Practice questions on page 665 (3 pts).
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5. After the Unite States established a policy of containment based on Truman’s foreign policy
Europe was effectively divided into two political regions; democratic – Western Europe and
communist – Eastern Europe. What phrase came to describe Europe (1 pt)? _____________
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6. Believing the drawdown of troops in South Korea meant that the United States would not fight
to defend South Korea; North Korea invaded South Korea (June 25, 1950) backed by Soviet
tanks, airplanes, and money in an attempt to take over the entire peninsula. What was the result
of this action (1 pt)? ___________________________________________________________.
7. This was a warning given by President Eisenhower in January 1957 to counterbalance the
Soviet Union’s prestige in the Middle East because of its support for Egypt. Eisenhower’s
warning stated that the United States would defend the Middle East against an attack by any
communist country. In March 1957 Congress approved of the warning. What name was given
to this warning (1 pt)? _______________________________________________________.
8. A policy adopted in 1953 by the federal government announcing that it would give up its
responsibility for Native American tribes. This approach eliminated federal economic support,
discontinued the reservation system, and distributed tribal lands among individual Native
Americans. What was this policy called (1 pt)? ______________________________________.
9. Hopes for world peace were at an all-time high following World War II. This became the most
visible symbol these hopes. On April 25, 1945, the representatives of 50 nations met in San
Francisco to establish this new peacekeeping body. What is the name of this peacekeeping
body and its initials (2 pts). ____________________________________________________.
10. An agency that investigated possible Communist influence both inside and outside the U.S.
government which first made headlines in 1947, when it began to investigate Communist
influence in the movie industry. What was the name of this agency and its initials (2 pts)? __
_____________________________________________________________________________.
11. Plan proposed by Secretary of State George Marshall in June 1947 that the United States
would provide aid to all European nations that needed it, saying that this move was directed “not
against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.” The plan
revived European hopes and over the next 4 years, 16 countries received some $13 billion in aid.
What was the name of the Plan (1 pt)? ____________________________________________.
12. After President Truman obtained victory in the presidential reelection he continued
proposing an ambitious economic program. This program was an extension of Roosevelt’s New
Deal which included proposal for a nationwide system of compulsory health insurance and a
crop-subsidy system to provide a steady income for farmers. What was the name of Truman’s
economic program (1 pt)? ______________________________________________________.
13. By the end of the 1940s most African Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos in the cities
had to live in dirty, crowded slums. The National Housing Act of 1949 was passed to provide “a
decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family.” This act called for
tearing down rundown neighborhoods and constructing low-income housing. What was on
proposed solution (1 pt)? _______________________________________________________.
14. Passed to help the ease veterans’ return to civilian life Congress passed the Servicemen’s
Readjustment Act in 1944. In addition to encouraging veterans to get an education by paying part
of their tuition, the act guaranteed them a year’s worth of unemployment benefits while job
hunting. It also offered low interest, federally guaranteed loans. What was the other name for
this act (1 pt)? ________________________________________________________________.
15. Unfriendly witnesses were called to testify buy refused. These men decided not to cooperate
because they believed that the hearings were unconstitutional. Because these men refused to
answer questions they were sent to prison. What were these men called (1 pt)? ____________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
16. A conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union aims in Eastern Europe in which
neither would ever confront the other on the battlefield. This would dominate global affairs and
U.S. foreign policy from 1945 until the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. What is this
conflict called (1 pt)? _________________________________________________________.
17. As the United States became more dependent on nuclear arms, the Eisenhower
administration began to rely heavily on a new agency for information. The agency used spies to
gather information abroad and began to carry out covert, or secret, operations to weaken or
overthrow governments unfriendly to the United States. What is the name of this agency and
its initials (2 pts)? _____________________________________________________________.
18. Radio disc jockey Alan Freed from Cleveland, Ohio was one of the first to play this new
music in 1951. The music originated from rhythm and blues and country and pop. The audience
of the music was mostly white; however, the musicians were mostly African-American. What
did Freed call the music (1 pt)? __________________________________________________.
19. Single event that reopened tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. This
incident prompted Khrushchev to cancel summit conference on the arms race between the two
superpowers. Khrushchev demanded that President stop the spy operations and demanded an
apology. The flights were stopped but no apology was ever given. What was the event that
took place (1 pt)? _____________________________________________________________.
20. This was President Truman’s acceptance of continuing aid, previously conducted by Great
Britain, to the countries of Greece and Turkey. Truman asked Congress for $400 million in
economic and military aid for the two countries. Truman declared, “it must be the policy of the
United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed
minorities or by outside pressure.” What was this known as (1 pt)? _____________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
21. This is a marketing strategy used by manufacturers in order to encourage consumer to
purchase more goods, manufacturers purposely designed products to become obsolete (to wear
out or become outdated) in a short period of time. This strategy is still being used today in
automobiles, cell phones, computers, and etc… What is this strategy called (1 pt)? _________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
22. This music helped bridge the racial gap and had artists like, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins,
Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonius Monk played a style of music characterized by
the use of improvisation. What is this style of music (1 pt)? ____________________________.
23. This was started in response to a blockade created by the Soviet Union in order to cutoff
access to Germany. The result was 2.1 million residents of Berlin with only enough food to last
approximately 5 weeks. In an attempt to break the blockade U.S. and British began to fly food
and supplies into West Berlin. It took place for 327 days in which planes took off every few
minutes around the clock. What was this action called (1 pt) ___________________________.
24. Following the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953 the tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet
Union diminished and the Soviet Union recognized West Germany and concluded peace treaties
with Austria and Japan. When West Germany was allowed to rearm the Soviet Union became
fearful and entered into this pact with 76 other Eastern European countries. What was the name
of the pact (1 pt) ______________________________________________________________.
25. A government agency that regulates and licenses television, telephone, telegraph, radio, and
other communications industries had allowed more than 500 new stations to broadcast by 1956.
What is the name of this organization and its initials (2 pts)? __________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
26. This organization came out of the Berlin blockade. Supported by 12 nations it created a
defensive military alliance in which they pledged military support to one another in case any
member was attacked. What is this organization called and its initials (2 pts)? _________
____________________________________________________________________________.
27. Southern Democrats created a new political party in protest of President Truman’s civil
rights emphasis. The political party formed was the States’ Rights Democratic Party in which
they nominated their own presidential candidate, Governor J. Strom Thurmond of South
Carolina. What was the name given to these Southern Democrats (1 pt)? ________________.
28. This movement was centered in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City’s
Greenwich Village. Originally expressed the social and literary nonconformity of artists, poets,
and writers. The word meant “weary” but came to refer as well to a musical beat. What is the
name of this movement (1 pt)? ___________________________________________________.
29. Scientists that developed the atomic bomb in 1942 believed that it was possible to create an
even more destructive thermonuclear weapon. It was estimated that such a bomb would have the
force of 1 million tons of TNT. What was the name given to this bomb (1 pt)? ____________.
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CLUES
Developed a vaccine for the crippling disease
poliomyelitis or polio.
Leader of the China under a nationalist
government.
Was supported by the United States.
His governmental policies undermined
Nationalist support.
His police opened fire on a city demonstration
against a 10,000 percent increase in the price of
rice.
President of the United States.
Developed the policy found in question #7.
He was the president at the time of the incident
mentioned in #19.
Became president following the death of FDR.
He was viewed as honorable, down-to-earth, and
self-confident.
Had the ability to make difficult decisions and
accept full responsibility for their consequences.
Had a plaque on his desk that stated, “The Buck
Stops Here.”
Put his presidency on the line for civil rights.
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The leader of the Communists in China.
Encouraged peasants to learn to read, and they
helped to improve food production.
By 1945 much of Northern China was under his
communist control.
Eisenhower’s Secretary of State.
Was staunchly anti-communists.
Proposed the United States could prevent the
spread of communism by promising to use all of
its force, including nuclear weapons.
He was accused of spying for the Soviet Union.
He was unable to be charged with espionage due
to the amount of time that had elapsed.
He was convicted for perjury.
Soviet cables released by the National Security
Agency in the 1990s seemed to prove his guilt.
U-2 pilot that was shot down over the Soviet
Union.
He was sentenced to 10 years in a Soviet prison.
Minor activists in the American Communist
Party.
Indicated in the Fuchs spy case.
Denied being spies and pleaded the Fifth
Amendment.
They were found guilty of espionage and
sentenced to death.
Became the leader of the Soviet Union following
Joseph Stalin’s death 1953.
Believed that the communists would take over the
world.
Believed that communist takeover could be done
peacefully.
Favored a policy of peaceful coexistence in
which two powers would compete economically
and scientifically.
Most famous anti-Communist activist.
Republican from Wisconsin.
Acquired a reputation for being an ineffective
40 legislator.
In order to gain reelection he developed the idea
that charged Communists were taking over the
government.
Names for people idenfication
Chiang Kai-shek
Alger Hiss
Joseph McCarthy
John Foster Dulles
Francis Gary Powers
Dr. Jonas Salk
Mao Zedong
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Harry S. Truman